VOA慢速英语:Archery Shoots Up in Popularity Among Americans

短语讲解：

1. On the show today, we speak with guitarist Juan DeVevo from the group Casting Crowns, and hear music from their first acoustic album.

speak with 和…谈话
例句：Would you like me to speak with him?
你想让我和他谈谈吗?

2. But first we hear about a centuries old sport that is once again gaining popularity.

hear about 得悉，听说
例句: Did you hear about elizabeth?
你听说过伊丽莎白吗？

3. And, as Karen Leggett tells us serious archers say the new interest will continue to develop.

continue to 继续
例句：Let me continue to revel in those memories!
让我继续沉醉在这些回忆中吧！

4. She can concentrate and focus a little bit better because she has to learn to really focus instead of just shooting the arrow immediately.

instead of （用…）代替…
例句：A stick used instead of a sword for fencing.
比赛中代替剑的木棒。

5. YouTube is no longer the website that only shows home videos of babies and animals.

no longer 不再，已不
例句: She is no longer a child.
她不再是小孩子了。

6. He has over 3 million subscribers on YouTube so that’s definitely a huge fan base to pull from and a lot of those fans are age 13 to 17.

a lot of 许多的；诸多
例句：What happened? We heard a lot of yelling.
发生了什么事？我们听到许多争吵声。

7. “The newer generation doesn’t want to wait around and it’s just something that’s programmed into us now that if you want to see something, if you want to figure out what it is, oogle it or YouTube it.

figure out 计算出，解决
例句：I can figure out how much gold is underground.
我可以算出地下有多少金子。

8. He said playing acoustic style in smaller places lets the members talk about the songs and why they were written.

talk about 谈论
例句：People would talk about that episode.
人们会谈论那些情节的。